Chris's review of The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy by Rick Beyer
I got this a few years ago from my dad, and picked it up again recently while hunting for CELTA material. I had an assignment to do, wherein we had to find a piece of "authentic material" around which I was to write a lesson. My original idea was to use a comic book, but that proved tricky, so I looked elsewhere.
While I didn't actually use this book for the CELTA assignment, I think I probably will use it as teaching material at some point. The book is basically a collection of very short, interesting historical stories, most of which are stories that people don't usually know. The great Chinese pirate Hsi Kai who was the unarguable queen of the seas. The first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, John Hanson. An entire city killed by a volcano and political intrigue. The three cigars that changed history. Who really killed President Garfield?
They're all interesting and bite-sized and easy to read. With, of course, references for further read...more
While I didn't actually use this book for the CELTA assignment, I think I probably will use it as teaching material at some point. The book is basically a collection of very short, interesting historical stories, most of which are stories that people don't usually know. The great Chinese pirate Hsi Kai who was the unarguable queen of the seas. The first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, John Hanson. An entire city killed by a volcano and political intrigue. The three cigars that changed history. Who really killed President Garfield?
They're all interesting and bite-sized and easy to read. With, of course, references for further read...more
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